RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING; STOP REQUIRED; DRIVING AROUND OR UNDER GATES PROHIBITED
Salt Lake City Code § 12.48.080
in effect12.48.080: RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING; STOP REQUIRED; DRIVING AROUND OR UNDER GATES PROHIBITED:
A. Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty feet (50') but not less than ten feet (10') from the nearest track of such railroad and shall not proceed until such driver can do so safely when:
1. A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the approach of a train;
2. A crossing gate is lowered, or when a human figure gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a train;
3. A railroad train approaching within approximately one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance, and such train by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing is an immediate hazard;
4. An approaching train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.
B. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (Prior code title 46, art. 14 § 218)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52973Fetched: 11/1/2026